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Victims’ families suffer twice—first from the pain of violence itself, and then from the relentless failure of the legal system. In a continent with among the worst murder rates in the world, families are sometimes forced into hiding for their own safety while they wait years for a verdict.

On the modern battlefield, electronic warfare can be just as destructive as a conventional approach. ... Hypersonic weapons—conventional- or nuclear-armed missiles travelling at ... The great power contest may even extent to space. ... strikes using novel physical, cyber, and electronic warfaremeans.” ...

Not just China and Russia, but Cuba and Venezuela. ... In the Middle East, Washington is aligned with the region's nuclear-armed superpower, Israel, as well as the ... The Cold War offered a unique moment: allied nations temporarily ... missile defense, electronic warfare, space, cyber, and air and sealift.

He had become the prime target in a 21st-century information war — one that ... MBS came to the information space armed, figuratively speaking, with a bone saw. ... by two Israeli companies — NSO Group and its affiliate, Q Cyber ... For the Saudis, as for Russian hackers in their assault on the 2016 U.S. ...

On the modern battlefield, electronic warfare can be just as destructive as a ... U.S. forces in Syriahave already reportedly been targeted by Russian electronicwarfare ... Hypersonic weapons—conventional- or nuclear-armed missiles ... The great power contest may even extent to space. ... Cyber weapons.

He had become the prime target in a 21st-century information war — one that ... MBS came to the information space armed, figuratively speaking, with a bone saw. ... by two Israeli companies — NSO Group and its affiliate, Q Cyber ... For the Saudis, as for Russian hackers in their assault on the 2016 U.S. ...

It was unloaded at the Russian Khmeimim Air Base near Latakia, one day after Russian Defense Minister Gen. Sergei Shoigu pledged systems for jamming satellite navigation and the on-board radars and communication systems of combat aircraft attacking Syria, in punishment for Israel’s alleged role in downing the Russian IL-20 spy plane.

The Krasukha-4 is highly advanced, although not the most sophisticated EW system in the Russian arsenal. But it fits Shoigu’s book. The system can jam communications systems, disable guided missiles and aircraft, and neutralize Low-Earth Orbit spy satellites and radars (AWACS) at ranges of 150-300km, which cover northern and central Israel. The Krasukha-4 can also damage opposing EW.

Israel’s military has focused its response to Russia’s hostile measures on the eight S-300 aid defense batteries promised the Syrian army in the coming weeks. Little mention has been made by Israeli spokesmen of the electronic warfare duel awaiting the IDF with Russia. Israel’s military and air force know about the Krasukha-4 but have never met it in action. However, it is well known to the Americans.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to ask Donald Trump when they meet at UN Center on Wednesday to offer Vladimir Putin some incentive for removing the EW jamming threat. There is scarcely any chance of any such a trade-off. Our sources believe that Putin will hold out for nothing less than the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, to which President Trump will not agree.

To those outside the United States, it's often a difficult battle to understand — few other nations have comparable funding crises. But even if the shutdown is a distinctly American phenomenon, its effect will be felt internationally in three big ways.

BERLIN (AP) - Germany's top soldier says authorities are contemplating allowing the country's military to recruit citizens of other European Union countries in some areas, including as doctors and information technology specialists.

Germany dropped military conscription in 2011, and the Bundeswehr now has to compete for recruits in a healthy ...

President Donald J. Trump’s surprise announcement on Wednesday that he is withdrawing the US military from Syria has shaken the Washington, DC, foreign policy establishment like a thunderclap. While there have been nods of approval from skeptics about American interventionism in the Middle East, that’s a rare breed inside the Beltway.

Instead, DC foreign policy mavens, most of whom espouse neo-flavored beliefs (whether neoliberal or neoconservative) reacted with derision and horror to Trump’s proposed withdrawal from Syria’s terrible fratricide, ongoing for almost eight years. These media and think-tank denizens, once derided as ‘the Blob’ by Obama’s White House, have spoken with one voice, and it’s sharply critical of the president.

Prominent Republicans are among the harshest Trump critics, with Sen. Lindsey Graham leading the charge against the president’s Syria decision, which Graham claims ‘rattled the world.’ Most Democratic critiques of Trump’s announcement sound similar, when not identical. Here’s another reminder of the broad and deep Washington consensus that the only thing wrong with American military interventions, especially in the Middle East, is that there aren’t enough of them.

Note the timing: right before Putin’s the end of the year press conference, to give him something to brag about. This proves one more time that Trump IS NOT a Putin’s puppet! Now we got all sorted out!

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The American KGB and the Comey's visions: can Hoover's COINTELPRO thugs be transformed into the modern counterintelligence officers? | M.N.: The American KGB wants to take over the US government. Oy, gevalt! Maybe, it is the time to order a ticket to Madagascar.. - Quotes and Comments

What is wrong with the FBI?

The Kiryas Joel affair: "Sexual abuse" or FBI abuse? | Michael Ameri's suicide as a protest against the FBI: What is wrong with the FBI: its strategy, tactics, techniques and methods if they lead to these unexpected and tragic results?

Kiryas Joel: "Sexual abuse" or FBI abuse?

Is there a general attempt to mislead and to manipulate the FBI using the issues of sexual abuse as a pretext, as a way to deal with the political and other opponents?

Investigate the "investigators"! Part 2: FBI as "a high church for the true mediocre"

Investigate the "investigators"! FBI as "a high church for the true mediocre"

"At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching criminals, it has nothing to do with the Mafia, the syndicate, it has nothing to do with trust-busting, it has nothing to do with interstate commerce, it has nothing to do with anything but serving as a church for the mediocre. A high church for the true mediocre." Norman Mailer | "Investigate the "investigators"! I would think that no less than 50% of the problems this country is facing is due to the FBI's inadequacy. This is a very important issue and the time has come to address it." - by Michael Novakhov